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Venomous in sentence

52 examples of Venomous in a sentence

Since then, though not divorced, they lived apart; and when the husband did meet his wife he always treated her with an unchanging venomous irony which seemed inexplicable.
I don't know.''Haven't you heard?''You know I shall be the last to hear of it!''Is there a creature more venomous than that Kartasova?''But what has she done?''My husband told me...
Then a small, very young-looking, but very venomous man began saying that probably the Marshal of the Province would be pleased to account for the Funds, and that the excessive politeness of the members of the Commission was depriving him of that moral satisfaction.
Then Sviyazhsky spoke, and then the venomous gentleman once more.
He could hear only the distant soft voice of the Marshal, then the shrill voice of the venomous nobleman, and then Sviyazhsky's voice.
He waited for the venomous nobleman to conclude, and then said he considered the proper course would be to consult the wording of the Act and requested the Secretary to look it up.
But why do such gentlemen come?' he went on, indicating the venomous gentleman who had spoken at the Provincial table.
'Certainly not I,' said Sviyazhsky, becoming embarrassed and casting an alarmed glance at the venomous gentleman, who was standing beside Koznyshev.
'Not I, not on any account!' said the venomous gentleman.
On Vronsky's left sat Nevedovsky with his youthful, dogged, and venomous look.
I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some foul and venomous beast.
Tarvin felt rather than saw the lean, venomous lanceheads converging on the breast of the colt.
Cyrus Harding examined the reptile, and declared it not venomous, for it belonged to that species of diamond serpents which the natives of New South Wales rear.
I caught one glimpse of his venomous, menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters.
I took him in hand, though he was as venomous as a young snake, and after a couple of months I got him all right and able to walk.
'Well, and have you seen him?' said Karenin with a venomous smile.
With these reflections I worked my mind up, not only to a resignation to the will of God in the present disposition of my circumstances, but even to a sincere thankfulness for my condition; and that I, who was yet a living man, ought not to complain, seeing I had not the due punishment of my sins; that I enjoyed so many mercies which I had no reason to have expected in that place; that I ought never more to repine at my condition, but to rejoice, and to give daily thanks for that daily bread, which nothing but a crowd of wonders could have brought; that I ought to consider I had been fed even by a miracle, even as great as that of feeding Elijah by ravens, nay, by a long series of miracles; and that I could hardly have named a place in the uninhabitable part of the world where I could have been cast more to my advantage; a place where, as I had no society, which was my affliction on one hand, so I found no ravenous beasts, no furious wolves or tigers, to threaten my life; no venomous creatures, or poisons, which I might feed on to my hurt; no savages to murder and devour me.
The place I was in was a most delightful cavity, or grotto, though perfectly dark; the floor was dry and level, and had a sort of a small loose gravel upon it, so that there was no nauseous or venomous creature to be seen, neither was there any damp or wet on the sides or roof.
And now that I am rich you can nolonger contain yourself; you have become venomous, you torture our poormother as if she were to blame!"Pierre had retired step by step as far as the fire-place, his mouth halfopen, his eyes glaring, a prey to one of those mad fits of passion inwhich a crime is committed.
Then he laughed frightfully, and suddenly became pale again, when he considered the most sinister side of his fatal passion, of that corrosive, venomous malignant, implacable love, which had ended only in the gibbet for one of them and in hell for the other; condemnation for her, damnation for him.
That instant, disgust unspeakable took possession of Vinicius, and a wish to trample that former assistant of his, as he would a foul worm or venomous serpent.
Perhaps remembrance of that thief on the cross whom Christ had forgiven lent him confidence; perhaps, also, he said in his soul to the merciful God,"O Lord, I bit like a venomous worm; but all my life I was unfortunate.
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